‘Idol’ results show minute-by-minute recap: Aaron, going home he is
It was a relatively mellow Wednesday night in the “Idol”-dome as the top 5 and mentor Harry Connick Jr. embraced that timelessly smooth Sinatra swing. Over 32 million votes were cast, but in the end, the tween- and-grandma contingent was not powerful enough to save Season 9’s youngest crooner, Sonestown, Pa.’s Aaron Kelly, from elimination. All the action leading up to that moment in Idol Tracker’s minute-by-minute results show recap.
‘American Idol’: On the scene for Top 5 results night. Even though Lady Gaga wasn’t.
Your.Top.5. took the stage under cover of the judges’ introductions, Lee turning to joke with the string section before the group number began. During the medley, Ryan sat in Kara’s chair, and Kara went to sit on Randy’s lap, where she proceeded to bounce like a toddler. Ryan and Simon started chatting, Randy and Kara were chatting — only Ellen really watched the Idols sing. She looked totally delighted. On the floor behind the stage-right pit, the sign-language interpreter was buzzing along, watching the teleprompter for lyrics. When the number ended, Ryan fist-pumped us into commercial.
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‘American Idol’ recap: Connick’d Four
With just three weeks and six episodes remaining, American Idol’s ninth season is sputtering to its conclusion like a wind-up toy running out of juice. Is there any way to inject some electricity back into this machine? Let’s turn to our panel of experts!
Harry Connick Jr.? Nope, domestic violence jokes and vaguely creepy tales of elevator encounters with Frank Sinatra aren’t gonna cut it.
Randy Jackson? Dude, I’m sorry, but wearing a fluorescent orange V-neck isn’t the answer, either.
Aaron Kelly Sent Packing On ‘American Idol’
On this week’s “American Idol, ” the top five went old school, tackling the time-tested songbook of Frank Sinatra. So it was perhaps not all that surprising that the show’s youngest contestant ended up getting the boot.
Yes, on Wednesday night’s (May 5) results show, voters sent 17-year-old Aaron Kelly packing, thanks largely to his shaky performance of “Fly Me to the Moon, ” a timid turn that Simon Cowell rather rightfully described as “mouse” like.
‘American Idol’ down to 4
“Happy Cinco de Mayo, ladies and gentlemen!” “American Idol” host Ryan Seacrest says at the top of Wednesday’s results show.
More than 32 million people voted, he notes. This is fewer votes than the show clocked at the same point last year, he does not note.
Because it’s Frank Sinatra week, the remaining five Idolettes do a medley of Ol’ Blue Eyes numbers. They are all dressed in what’s supposed to be Sinatra tribute attire, which the wardrobe department has confused with Blues Brothers tribute attire. They start with “The Lady is a Tramp.” Because Crystal Bowersox is the only remaining chick Idolette, she gets elected centerpiece of the song. Aaron Kelly sings the opening of “It Was a Very Good Year” – “When I was 17, it was a very good year” – because, as “Idol” producers never tire of reminding us, he is — 17!
Aaron Kelly gets expelled from ‘Idol’
The “American Idol” quest for the tween audience suffered a couple of crippling blows this week. The first was the Frank Sinatra theme that forced the remaining five finalists to sing tunes that were old when their parents were young, and the second was that Aaron Kelly got voted off the show on Wednesday.
(Well, there was also the little matter of the not one but two group sings during the results show. But that offended audience members of all age groups and wasn’t tween specific.)
‘American Idol’ Says Farewell to the Kid
In honor of Wednesday night’s filler-filled elimination of ‘American Idol, ’ I’m going to keep the recap of the voting results relatively brief; after all, on a night where the ‘Idol’ producers have to fill their time with not one but two group sings, anyone who watched the show is probably going to want to keep things as short and sweet as possible.
It finally was Aaron Kelly’s turn to go, with the anxious 17-year-old singer — whose nervous version of “Fly Me To The Moon” was praised by the judges last night — sharing space at the bottom of the pack with Michael Lynche, despite Michael’s past experience singing the songs of Frank Sinatra in his professional life as a party singer.
Aaron’s Gone (finally) and Connick Rules!
Harry Connick is my hero. Harry’s profound insight can be summed up here: “The word “Pitchy” does not exist judges. We need to stop saying that. He is singing out of tune.” Damn, I’ve only been saying that since I started writing about this silly show. Harry is funny, talented and entertaining, unlike the five remaining fools. And he called Casey a goat. And he told Aaron, “Let’s get serious, wipe that stupid smirk off your face.” Maybe he’s auditioning to be the new Simon. He’s got half a million of my votes, Idol style.
Some of you may have noticed I’ve been taking a break from this godawful season due to fatigue and general boredom with this crop of non-talents, but the moments with Harry made me happy. Also, if you haven’t filled out your Idol survey explaining the various ways this show is terrible, then do so pronto!
Let’s just make it the Harry Connick Jr. Show: AI9 Top 5 Results Show Recap
Tonight’s American Idol results show might be the best of the season. Harry Connick, Jr. and Lady Gaga are performing, which is guaranteed to be better than anything we’ve seen this season on the Idol stage. (Yes, I’m looking at you, Miley, Ke$ha, Purity Ring Disney Couple, and especially you Rascall Fatts.)
It’s also Cinco de Mayo. And 5 contestants remain. This better mean Kara DioGuardi attempts counting. Alas. There just has to be a group medley of Sinatra songs, but since Siobhan Mangus went home last week, it gives the remaining 4 guys to start things off with Lady is a Tramp to introduce Crystal, the contestant to which all group sing shit shows are centered upon. But since there are so few left, the others get to actually do a bit of soloing.
Aaron Kelly leaves American Idol just in time to avoid awful movie songs
“You guys don’t love Wednesdays, ” Ryan Seacrest pointed out to the contestants during last night’s results shows. Although they dislike Wednesdays because one of them hast to go home, and I like them because we get one step closer to the end even if we have to drag out the process of moving toward the end of the season, at least we all agree. And this results show went by faster than last week’s product-placement heavy episode, perhaps thanks again to Harry Connick, Jr., who performed with the contestants, or to Lady GaGa, who did something freakishly amazing, as usual (it was edited by the producers, she said).
In Memoriam: American Idol’s Aaron Kelly
Fetus the Magnificent, come back to us! Little Aaron Kelly, known for his desperado twang and the amniotic sac he calls home, earned the least amount of votes on last night’s Idol. You know what that means: Simon Cowell placed Aaron in a tube sock, spun the 17-year-old in a lariat over his head, and threw him from his balcony to some primary school kids outside his gates. “Merry Christmas, filthies!” he grumbled, stocking cap bobbing wildly. Now that Aaron has officially received fifth place, it’s time to reflect upon his legacy, best moments, and the times he was almost born.
The Idols try to match the original American idol.
It’ll happen on May 26. Probably to Lee. But it also happened 75 years ago, when Frank Sinatra led a group of baby-faced Jersey boys to victory on Major Bowes’ Amateur Hour. The Amateur Hour was foundational—it put the gong in The Gong Show and the wheel in Wheel of Fortune, and set the stage for Star Search, the Got Talent franchise, and, of course, our own American Idol. Like Idol, it made a fortune in advertising and booked major sponsorship from an automobile maker. Like our Idols, Sinatra’s Hoboken Four won a little money and a place in a national touring show. And, most importantly, they won in an enthusiastic demonstration of American democracy. Every week Major Bowes had thousands of radio listeners voting by telephone, by postcard, or by telegraph—1930s texting!—as, in the throes of the Great Depression, America began helping farmers and waiters and, even back then, glass blowers reach for the newly minted American Dream. It makes you wonder whether, in 2085, we’ll be calling Kris Allen (Chairman of the Ford … Fusion Hybrid commercials) “classic” and “definitive.” There will almost certainly be a nostalgic Broadway musical showcasing the songs of Adam Lambert (Ol’ Glitter Eyes). In any case, for all we (or Usher) might complain that shows like Idol damage the music industry, maybe we’d do well to remember that they kind of invented it, too.
